MECHANICAL ENERGY THERAPY DEVICE

The invention relates to devices and methods in the field of mechanical vibrational energy therapy, in particular oscillation stimulation of a subject. A device comprises a housing and the housing comprises a contact surface for being put in contact with the subject; a sensor element configured to detect a contact between the contact surface and the subject and optionally to transform a contact pressure between the contact surface of the device and the subject to which the mechanical vibrational energy is to be applied into a pressure dependent output signal; and a transducer configured to convert an electric input signal into an axial oscillatory motion of a mass, wherein the transducer comprises a coil and a permanent magnet, wherein the mass can be moved relative to the housing, wherein the relative movement of the mass is configured to cause at least the contact surface to vibrate, and wherein the mass comprises the permanent magnet.A method is in particular a computer-implemented method and comprises a step S3 of detecting a contact between the device as described and the subject and generating an output signal, wherein a characteristic of the output signal is different in case a contact is detected compared to a case in which no contact is detected. The method comprises further a step S5 of comparing the characteristic of the output signal with a pre-set threshold value.